LEGAL NEWSLINE

Rodolfo Maldonado-Bustos, also known as Don Jose, and Euclides Camacho-Goicochea, also known as El Quilles, who occupy leadership roles in the La Nueva Familia Michoacana drug cartel, were charged by a federal grand jury with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute heroin and conspiracy to import heroin into the United States.

DENVER (Legal Newsline) - Defendants aren't entitled to certain information from plaintiff lawyers just because they shared it with their experts.

ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - A home inspection company with basically a one-year warranty on its work can't be sued after a retaining wall collapsed and killed a client after that timeframe.

HARRISBURG — Attorney General Michelle Henry, in conjunction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Pennsylvania State Police, announced charges against a former North Braddock Police Officer for drug trafficking and providing sensitive law enforcement information to assist a trafficker in avoiding police. The 51st Statewide Investigating Grand Jury recently recommended charges against Craig Gibson for alleged cocaine trafficking in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties. The grand jurors heard evidence presented by the Office of Attorney General that Gibson, an officer at...

McKenzie County Clerk of Court, Jodee Lawlar, transitioned into a dual office role taking responsibility for Williams County Clerks in October 2023. Ms. Lawlar, along with both supervisors, travels between offices providing supervision and leadership and is supported by clerk supervisors Maty Benth and McKenzie Johnson.

Springfield — Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and her Reproductive Justice Unit convened over 120 experts in the reproductive justice field, including community organizations, healthcare providers, legal advocates, and academics, at Western New England University School of Law in Springfield. The event aimed to facilitate discussions between the AG’s Office and legal and reproductive care experts to inform how the Office can better champion reproductive justice locally, statewide, and nationally amid national efforts to roll back these rights.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that a grand jury in Franklin County has returned charges against Daniel E. Harrison, 40, for allegedly defrauding consumers through his business, Extreme Lawn and Landscape. Harrison faces three counts of Financial Exploitation of an Elderly Person and three counts of Deceptive Business Practices.

GREAT FALLS – Attorney General Austin Knudsen today announced appointments to the Montana Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force. The task force aims to break down jurisdictional barriers and identify causes contributing to missing and murdered Indigenous persons.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced today that the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) of the Attorney General’s Office has charged five individuals in two separate investigations with defrauding the Medicaid program out of more than $10 million.

California Attorney General Bonta, together with law enforcement partners, announced the arrests of four suspects in Tulare County and the seizure of a large cache of illegal firearms, magazines, drugs, ammunition, and cash. This investigation was initiated on a subject determined to be prohibited through the Armed and Prohibited Persons database. Further investigation revealed additional illegal activity, resulting in the arrest of a group of suspects involved with significant illicit drug trafficking and manufacturing activities.

Attorney General Josh Stein has issued a statement regarding House Bill 495, which is now awaiting the Governor's approval.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a settlement with Adventist Health Hanford over violations of the Unfair Competition Law, the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA), and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s Privacy Rule (HIPAA). The violations involved unauthorized disclosures of medical information to law enforcement concerning patients Adora Perez and Chelsea Becker. Both women experienced stillbirths at Adventist and subsequently had their protected health information (PHI) unlawfully shared with authorities, leading to their...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a judgment against Nomad Internet, resulting in $2 million in refunds to customers harmed by the company’s deceptive trade practices.

HONOLULU — On this historic day in 1865, word of the Emancipation Proclamation finally reached Galveston, Texas, marking the end of slavery in the United States. Juneteenth is both a time to honor the freedom and resilience of Black Americans and to reflect upon their pursuit of true racial equality that continues to this day.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo – Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has filed a brief with 23 other states urging the Court to deny Special Prosecutor Jack Smith’s request for a gag order on President Trump. According to Bailey, the gag order would violate the First Amendment by restricting Trump's ability to speak freely during the election season and preventing Americans from hearing open debate from presidential candidates. It would also prevent Trump from criticizing the raid on his home at Mar-a-Lago.

A jury in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, has found Jason Lindemann, 53, guilty of fourteen counts related to a powerboat crash on the Fox River on July 9, 2022. The charges include two counts of Second Degree Recklessly Endangering Safety, eleven counts of Failing to Render Aid after a Boating Accident Resulting in Injury, and one count of Negligent Operation of a Boat.

DENVER (Legal Newsline) - A servicemember says he lost up to $8 million when the City of Denver shut his restaurant while he was on duty.

HARRISBURG - A former Penn State football player is suing over the sale of a frat house he helped to fund.

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The National Park Service is defending its choice to stop accepting cash as it fights a federal lawsuit alleging it violated the Administrative Procedures Act.

WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) - A commercial laboratory that the judge overseeing thousands of Zantac lawsuits acknowledges lies at the core of the scientific debate over whether the heartburn medicine causes cancer was paid $2 million for its work, court filings show.